--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> << However, there is NO
> info on the cover and it was sealed so I couldn't
> get into it. >>
>
> There's no information on the inside either, Russ,
> but as head of the FBI
> here's what I've been able to uncover:
>
> The CD was put out by Dressed to Kill records, an
> outfit who specializes in
> "tribute" CD's, much like K-Tel put out Top 40 hits
> collections. Dressed to
> Kill's strategy appears to be to get performers that
> no one has heard of and
> do extremely uncreative knock-offs, add minimal
> packaging and call it a
> tribute. That way they can sell it for cheap. I of
> course had to get it as I
> am the ultimate Joni covers whore!
LOL - this reminds me of the weird CDs I've spotted at
the local Hy & Zel's (it's a discount drug store
chain). They have tribute albums in Cd format for
$3.99 or $4.99 (that's Canadian loonies, quelle
bargoon!) for Madonna, Bryan Adams, the Backstreet
Boys and so on. The name of the singer or band
they're "tributing" is always written in REALLY BIG
TYPE maybe to lure in people thinking they're getting
the real thing for such a low price. They're all done
by the something-or-other orchestra, so I presume
they're instrumental versions only and I suspect it's
of the elevator music variety. I really think I'm
going to pick one up just to hear how chintzy it
probably sounds - I'll have to pick the most way-out
star(s) I can think of. Like, maybe they have a
tribute to Alice Cooper. Hell, maybe they even have a
Joni tribute (Joanie who? you mean the paved paradise
chick?) The cheese factor alone is probably worth the
low low price of admission.
This store also sells really cheap CDs of other known
singers that I'm convinced are bootlegs (the CDs, not
the singers0. I saw one of Al Jarreau but it wasn't
an album name I recognized. It had Al's picture on
the front but I didn't really look at it closely to
see if it was really him, or just another knock-off
with Al or a picture of someone who kind of looks like
him on it. I'll have to see if it's still there.
They also sell videos I've never heard of "starring"
big names. I suspect these are pictures they were in
before they hit the big time and that these "stars"
probably had minor roles.
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